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In reply to the discussion: Shit I need to get out of my head. [View all]Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)37. That's actually not so complicated.
The Dixie Chicks pissed off their core fanbase, that being country music listeners. That demographic is absolutely rife with conservatives. Criticizing Dubya was just bad business sense.
Nugent, on the other hand, is expressing the views of his core fanbase nigh-on verbatim. Of course they'll support him!
Consider if Conan O'Brien were to start spouting off a lot of Republican tripe. His audience would find somewhere else to go real fast, wouldn't you think? It's less a matter of politics than it is of pissing off the people you depend on to keep your wallet fat.
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I like that suggestion... If only I'd employed it New Year's Day, 2009, I'd be rich!
freshwest
Apr 2012
#32
This is a country that spent a million dollars on a new heart for Dick Cheney,
EFerrari
Apr 2012
#11
The TEA Party is a front group for two piece of shit billionaires who make Mr. Burns seem less evil.
Initech
Apr 2012
#12
They're far too stupid and hateful to realize they're carrying out the dirty work of those assholes.
Initech
Apr 2012
#15
Yes. That's how the Church of Scientology recruits kids to work for them for free, too.
EFerrari
Apr 2012
#18
Yes, take Gramp's gun now if you love him, he's WAY more likely to shoot himself with it.
SunSeeker
Apr 2012
#39